Airplane Crash - Caranavi ,Bolivia 01/22/1962
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Caranavi ,Bolivia
Date | 01/22/1962 |
Time | 15:16 |
Location | Caranavi ,Bolivia |
Operator | Corporacion Boliviano de Fomento |
Type | Curtiss C-46D |
Registration | CP-541 |
Cn/In | 33579 |
Aboard | 6 |
Fatalities | 6 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The cargo plane's right wing tip struck a wall and then the plane crashed into a tree. Pilot error in failing to discontinue takeoff, even after the right wing tip hit the well and broke off, while the aircraft was on the ground during the takeoff run. |
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